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>While I am on this subject, though, I have to say - after seeing the later
>series episodes this particular scene always confused me. Assuming=
Reinhard
>always has in the back of his mind his plan to save Annerose and eliminate=
the
>Emperor and the High Nobles above all else, this action is a little
>incongruous. While certainly I don't think Reinhard a coward, in this
>situation I would more have expected him to weigh the outcome, "We=
shouldn't
>give up this victory for me, but if I give the order to attack, we'll be
>killed and we'll never save my sister. This battle won't decide the war=
with
>the Alliance - we've almost completely defeated them. I have to let them
>withdraw for now and fight them another day, after Kircheis and I defeat=
the
>Emperor and Nobles..."
>
>Perhaps the attack order is just Reinhard's general hotheadedness coming to
>the fore before thinking? Do you think he considered the outcome as I
>outlined above?
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No wonder you find this part incongruous. This nonsense was made up by the
script-writer to put Yang on the screen. In the novel (branch stories vol.
1), there was little mention of Yang's presence in this part of the story.
As usual, Yang's advice was brushed aside and all he could do was to sit
idle in the flagship to witness FPA's defeat. The FPA headquarters did send
a small fleet to distract the winning Reich army but it was not Yang who
proposed it, let alone dodging his way back to capture Bruenhild.
IMHO, the plan itself it too foolish to be worthy of Yang. It is
unthinkable that a single cruiser can, in the heat of the battle, get
anywhere near Bruenhild unnoticed. Even if such manoeuvre could ever be
successful, wouldn't it put the FPA army in more advantageous position to
approach Grossadmiral Meckenberger's flagship and take him hostage ?
At this stage, Reinhardt was always careful not let himself be killed in
battles for the reasons you mentioned. You inference is correct and so
similar to what Mr. Tanaka put it in the branch stories that it looks like a
translation.
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Xerxes J.
email : xerxes@hkstar.com
(was "=B5L=A6W=A4p=BD=FA" of <temporal@interserve.com.hk>)
P.S.
Has anybody in this group read the newly published Chinese edition of the
LoGH branch stories ? A bit surpirsed to find no discussion on this since a
lot of us can read Chinese.